I started learning calligraphy for a period of time in my sophomore year. For about half a year, I started with pen control training, then moved to center strokes, and started learning official script. However, I feel that I have read "Cao Quan Stele" five or six times and still cannot reach a satisfactory level. (There is always a big gap in the structure of characters and the detail processing of strokes.) I am going to study "Yan Qinli Stele" and "Dengba Stele" later, but now I feel that I can't write official script well, and I can't find a breakthrough point. Should I write it step by step and then start learning the next step, or should I touch it all once and then choose a style of writing for in-depth study? Basically, I spend about an hour and a half studying every day, but from the details and videos of other big guys Every detail I see is perfect. Now I feel a little frustrated and want to find a solution. Can anyone give me some advice? I would be very grateful!
Here’s the attached picture I wrote recently
In fact, from the first day I learned calligraphy, my teacher told me that the progress of calligraphy shows an overall upward trend, but there are local ups and downs, rather than a straight upward trend.
The general meaning is that if you keep learning, you may find that your writing gets worse and worse, and then you start to become frustrated, irritable, and don't want to write. But this is just a normal phenomenon, it may last for several days, and the process will be a little painful, but as long as you persist, you will find that you have made great progress. I think learning calligraphy well is a race against time and a test of your patience.
Learning calligraphy well is a lifelong matter. Don't think that you will be great in a month or two, or a year or two.
You know, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. Of course, you can’t deny yourself and get discouraged if you think you’re still about the same after writing for so long. You know, learning calligraphy is a quantitative change, not a qualitative change.
I once heard someone summarize something. He said that to learn calligraphy well, you must first learn its form carefully, carefully, carefully.
Then based on it, savor its spirit and charm.
It's easy to get good luck, but it's difficult to learn Shen Yun.
